Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Myers
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOB THE NINTH ■CIRCUIT. This suit involves the validity of a tax levied under the laws of the State of Montana against cei’tain lands lying within the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, made by the act of Congress, approved July 2, 186J, c. 217. 13 Stat. 365. It was brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana by the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a Federal…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOB THE NINTH ■CIRCUIT. This suit involves the validity of a tax levied under the laws of the State of Montana against cei’tain lands lying within the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, made by the act of Congress, approved July 2, 186J, c. 217. 13 Stat. 365. It was brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana by the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a Federal corporation, and the receivers were appointed by a decree of the Federal court. The suit proceeded in the Circuit Court in the name…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The averments in the bill of complaint and the stipulation of facts show a controversy between the railroad company and the Interior Department as to the character of the lands, whether mineral or non-mineral, taxed by the State of Montana, and the company avers “that at the time of said attempted assessments and tax levies said lands . . . had not been and are not now certified or patented to said railroad company, and the said lands were not ascertained or determined to be a part of the lands granted to said company, nor were they segregated from the public lands of the United States, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Barden v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Traill CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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